
Deborah Crombie: Dreaming of the Bones
24 Festive Tasks: Door 4 – Japanese Culture Day, Book: Read a book that is set in Japan or featuring Japanese characters; or read a graphic novel or a book set in a school or academic setting. I’m claiming the audiobook I listened to yesterday and the day before, Deborah Crombie’s Dreaming of the […]
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Michael Innes: Death at the President’s Lodging
24 Festive Tasks: Door 2 – Japanese Culture Day, Book: Read a graphic novel, a book set in a school or academic setting, or a book set in Japan or by a Japanese author. I swear I didn’t come up with this book task, but yey, what a great opportunity to squeeze in yet […]
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Bingo call: 9/23/19 – Dark Academia
Reblogged from: Moonlight Murder Dark Academia: Any mystery, suspense, supernatural or horror that takes place at a school – high school, college, boarding school, etc. Non-genre-specific square. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1956523/bingo-call-9-23-19
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James Hilton: Was it Murder?
My 2019 pre-bingo read and actually a fairly decent start into the game. And yes, this is “the” James Hilton of Goodbye Mr. Chips and Lost Horizon — actually, in a number of ways this book was probably Hilton’s dry run for Goodbye Mr. Chips. Hilton’s protagonist jokingly describes writing a novel a young […]
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Reading progress update: I’ve read 100%: Happy Halloween Bingo Everybody!
Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1944849/reading-progress-update-i-ve-read-100-happy-halloween-bingo-everybody
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Halloween Bingo 2019: The Game Is Afoot!
MM has rung the starting bell … and we’re off! My pre-reading book is James Hilton’s Was It Murder? (aka Murder at School), which I’m reading of course for the “Dark Academia” square. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1942095/halloween-bingo-2019-the-game-is-afoot
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New space #5: Dark Academia
Reblogged from: Moonlight Reader Any mystery, suspense, supernatural or horror that takes place at a school – high school, college, boarding school, etc. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1930792/new-space-5
Read MoreFrom Twitter (for the resident Aficionados): Eurovision Acts as Early Modernists
Hooked up at SAA. Are *that* couple in the reading room. Rare Books, but have no reason to be in there specifically. pic.twitter.com/txBpSEHIOL — Kirsty (@avoiding_bears) May 12, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Extremely pure of heart. Works on Shakespeare but doesn’t understand why Shakespeareans can be so mean to one another. Excellent student evaluations. Journals […]
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